7 metro lines in Istanbul to be completed in 2023 With new projects, railway network in metropolis to expand to 364.5 km. Uğur Aslanhan | 07.06.2021 - Update : 08.06.2021 . ISTANBUL.

A station on the Istanbul metro network has been rocked by a blast suspected to have been caused by a home-made bomb, causing panic in the evening rush hour and wounding a reported five people.

Forensic officers work on the blast scene in Istanbul, Turkey, December 1, 2015. Five people were injured when a pipe bomb exploded on an overpass near an Istanbul metro station on Dec 1, 2015.

Although Istanbul is home to the world’s second-oldest underground railway, the 1875-vintage Tünel, and plans for a metro system had been proposed several times since 1912, construction only began on ...

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday opened the country´s first driverless metro line, an eagerly awaited project expected to relieve congestion in a traffic-choked area ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday opened the country's first driverless metro line, an eagerly awaited project expected to relieve congestion in a traffic-choked area of Istanbul.